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EARTHQUAKE News, Jan 19, 2012

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Earthquake hits northeast Iran, 100 injured
Reuters
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - About 100 people were injured when an earthquakemeasuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northeastern Iran on Thursday, state television reported. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 4:05 pm, was 10 km (6 miles) outside the ...
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Billionaire history buff giving $7.5M needed to repair quake-damaged ...
Washington Post
... repairing damage directly caused by the quake, said National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson. Repairing water damage will cost more, as would a seismic study or reinforcements to strengthen the structure against future earthquakes, she said. ...
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Quake Catchers, Unite!
Discovery News
That's the word from University of California, Berkeley, seismologist Richard Allen, who reviews the latest citizen-based earthquake science projects in a Perspectives article out today in the journal Science. So, if you fancy yourself aquake catcher, ...
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6.1-magnitude quake strikes off N Zealand
Hindustan Times
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of New Zealand's South Island on Thursday, geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of ...
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Earthquakes cause small stir in Lake County
UTM Pacer
Much of the drill will occur in Martin, and in keeping with the quake anniversary, the drill is centered on an earthquake disaster. For more information onquakes, visit the USGS web site at www.usgs.gov. The site also includes tips for earthquake ...
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2.1 Earthquake Strikes Friday the 13th
Youngstown Business Journal
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Data posted on the US Geological Survey website and confirmed by the Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network reports yet another earthquake has taken place in area - this time a magnitude 2.1 quake Friday Jan. ...
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Quake drill is critical
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is encouraging schools, families and businesses to participate in an earthquake drill next month. Registration is open for the second annual Great Central US ShakeOut earthquake drill, scheduled for Feb. ...
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Haiti: Two years ater deadly earthquake, life largely unchanged
FinalCall.com News
Rubble-lined streets, families wallowing in tent cities, cholera, and lack of fresh water is as big a problem today as it was in the immediate aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude quake that decimated Port-au-Prince and other areas of the country, Jan. ...
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3.2 magnitude quake reported in North Texas
KVUE
by WFAA The US Geological Survey reports a magnitude 3.2 earthquakestruck Wednesday afternoon at 4:31 pm near Cleburne. The epicenter of thequake was 3.1 miles underground, located 50 miles southwest of Dallas. News 8 was alerted to the quake by ...
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Natural disasters: Quakes the biggest killer
New Zealand Herald
A report by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction shows 20943 people died in earthquakes last year, out of a total 29782 people killed by 302 disasters. Most of the quake toll was from the massive 9.0 magnitudeearthquake and resulting ...
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Quake survivors make Auckland home
Stuff.co.nz
According to New Zealand Post, since last February's earthquake, about 896 Christchurch residents and businesses changed their mailing addresses to Auckland. In 2010, 288 Garden City residents and businesses did the same. The change of address figures ...
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Quake-hit council counts cost of rebuilding
TVNZ
Environment Canterbury will dip into reserves to meet an earthquake-imposed shortfall for accommodating its staff. Since the February quake, the regional council's 300 Christchurch staff, almost all of whom were housed at its central-city site near ...
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AFAD: TL 691 million sent to quake-stricken Van
Today's Zaman
In the wake of the disastrous earthquakes, Turkish governmental and nongovernmental organizations as well as countries around the world reached out in support of the quake survivors in Van. For those Van residents whose homes were destroyed or were no ...
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Indiana City Getting New Earthquake Risk Maps
Insurance Journal
Boyd said there is about a 10 percent chance of a New Madrid quake in the next 10 years. And while earthquakes appear to only happen about every 12000 years in the Wabash Valley zone, he said the damage from such aquake would be greater in Evansville ...
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Grand Chancellor Hotel checked before February quake
Radio New Zealand
Steve Martin was speaking at the the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission, which resumed this week and has focussed on how Christchurch's tallest building withstood the 6.3 quake on 22 February last year. Mr Martin said the quake caused one of the ...
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Quake debt to be offset by services
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Canterbury owes an estimated $1.2 million to the region for accommodating the 27 rest home residents that fled Christchurch in the 10 months following the February 22 earthquake. But the debt will be covered by inter-district flows between boards, ...
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Firefighters Donate Ambulance to Haiti Quake Relief
NBC Los Angeles
The Stentorians of Los Angeles County donated an ambulance to the people of Haiti two years after the earthquake. By Shirah Matsuzawa Nearly two years ago, LA County firefighters responded to Haiti's desperate call for help in the wake of the ...
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Magnitude 4.5 quake hits Eastern Samar
ABS CBN News
No aftershocks are expected from the earthquake, Phivolcs said. No damage was reported from the tremors. The US Geological Survey, meanwhile, measured the earthquake at magnitude 4.8. It listed the following locations as the epicenter of the quake:
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Strong quake rocks North Maluku
New Straits Times
JAKARTA: An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rocked South Halmahera, North Maluku province, on Wednesday night but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage. The epicenter of the quake which struck at 07.50 pm was in ...
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New Straits Times
Evening earthquake startles residents of the South Okanagan
Similkameen Spotlight
The earthquake was centred 16 kilometres north of Oliver, at 49 degrees, 31 minutes north,119 degrees, 51 minutes west, at a depth of .5 kilometres, occurring at 11:09 pm The United States Geological Survey located the quakeon Google maps as being ...
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Earthquake texts reveal raw emotions
TVNZ
"Bro we just had a massive quake, buildings fell, I'm scared. Please pray for us." Advertising feature writer Jeff Lilly saved three text messages from his children. His eldest daughter in Blenheim wrote: "Hey daddy long legs are u ok?...
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Quake rehab scam: 11 Jamnagar villagers held
Indian Express
The Jamnagar Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested 11 residents of Amaran village in Jodiya taluka of the district in connection with the Rs 6-crore 2001 earthquake rehabilitation scam. The arrests were made on Tuesday evening. ...
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Haiti earthquake refugees flee to Brazil
GlobalPost
... to find its feet two years after the earthquake, they come in search of work and a slice of the Brazilian boom. “I've come here because of the economic problem,” says Doris, who sold shampoo before the magnitude-7.0 quake tore through her homeland. ...
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Service marks 81 years since big quake
Voxy
The massive earthquake which struck Hawke?s Bay on February 3rd 1931 is the single greatest natural disaster in the region?s recorded history. 93 lives were lost in Hastings, buildings collapsed, fires broke and roads were destroyed. ...
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Experts share technology, data to heal quake jolts
Indian Express
Seismologists and geologists from the United States and India pledged to share the latest data, technology and associated skills of their trade on Wednesday, in the hope that earthquakes can be detected or predicted early and help avoid catastrophe. ...
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Local county museum earthquake expert to be honored in Washington
Redlands Daily Facts
Japan will host one on the anniversary of the March 2011 quake that killed thousands, Springer said. Utah, Oregon, British Columbia and Guam are also working on their own, she added. "It's amazing to be receiving this award and to be part of a ...
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More aftershocks reported Wednesday near Mineral
Culpeper Star Exponent
... how to register for quake aid,” said Michael Skeels with FEMA. To start the application process call             (800) 621-FEMA       or online at disasterassistance.gov. The deadline is March 5. The last historic earthquakein Virginia, measuring 5.9-magnitude, ...
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Fresh earthquake rattles NZ
Courier Mail
A SHALLOW, 5.8-magnitude quake has been felt off the lower South Island of New Zealand, NZTV reports. The offshore quake struck at 7.48pm (4.48pm Qld time) and was 12km deep. It was centred 220km west of Invercargill and 390km west of Dunedin. ...
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Small quake rattles central Va., 82nd since last summer
WTOP
WASHINGTON -- A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck central Virginia early Wednesday morning, originating from the same area as the 5.8 tremor that shook the region last summer. The US Geological Survey reports the quake just after 8 am originated from ...
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Iran TV: Earthquake jolts Iranian city | M.WashingtonExaminer.com
By The Associated Press
Iran's state TV reports a moderate earthquake has jolted the city of Neyshabour in the northeast part of Iran. The TV report said residents fled their homes into the streets. The quake shattered windows and affected communications for a short ...
M.WashingtonExaminer.com
Haiti: two years post-quake | The Athenaeum - Official Student ...
By Erin MacDonald, News Editor
On January 12, 2012, the people of Haiti experienced the two-year anniversary of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the destitute Caribbean country. Though the quake lasted a mere ten to twenty seconds, it leveled homes and ...
The Athenaeum - Official Student...
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake ...
Current Location in Site. RNZ Home » News » Christchurch Earthquake »Quake anniversary public holiday not on Cabinet agenda ...
www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-anniversary-public-holiday-not-...
Quake Rocks Christchurch Earthquake Briefing | Stuff.co.nz
A magnitude-4.7 earthquake hit Christchurch at 8.04pm tonight, hours after a magnitude-5 quake interrupted a special briefing on aftershocks.
www.stuff.co.nz/.../Magnitude-4-7-quake-strikes-Christchurch
7.3 quake hits Indonesia again, but this time residents are better ...
Local residents wait for evacuation on a roadside following an earthquake in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, early Wednesday. A 7.3 quakeearthquake ...
www.csmonitor.com/.../7.3-quake-hits-Indonesia-again-but-thi...
Earthquake hits northeast Iran, 100 injured
Many parts of Iran are prone to earthquakes. At least seven people were killed in a 6.5-magnitude quake that jolted the southeast in 2010, the same region ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-iran-quake-idUSTRE80I1J720120119
Billionaire history buff giving $7.5M needed to repair quake ...
The August quake was centered some 40 miles west of Richmond, Va., and felt from Canada to ... The earthquake caused numerous cracks to form in the obelisk, ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAF6iNAQ_story.html
Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Salinas - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon about 15 miles east of Salinas, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-31-quake-strikes-near-...
Company cautions against linking well, Ohio quakes
30 after the 10th earthquake Christmas Eve. After a New Year's quake of magnitude 4.0, Gov. John Kasich ordered a moratorium on all wastewater injection ...
www.lasvegassun.com/news/.../us-gas-drilling-earthquakes/
Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… And neither was the ...
Fracking can trigger extremely minor earthquakes. A 2.0 Md quake is in the realm of possibilities. However, there aren't any active wells within a 5 km radius ...
wattsupwiththat.com/.../dallas-earthquake-not-caused-by-frack...
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary: Country Marks Second Anniversary ...
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary: Country Marks Second Anniversary Of DeadlyQuake. Haiti Earthquake Anniversary. In this picture taken on Jan. 6, 2012, a...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../haiti-earthquake-anniversary_n_1...
Make a dog earthquake kit and you could win a $250 home ...
If you make a video of your dog and their earthquake kit, and it's voted the best, you could win 1 of 5 ... Win 1 of 5 $250 quake kits in our quake dog video contest! ...
www.totallyunprepared.com/.../your-dog-could-win-you-a-ho...
Small Earthquake Rattles Winslow
Have you ever experienced an earthquake either here or someplace else? The 3.1-magnitude quake was reportedat 7:11 p.m. Sunday about 20 miles outside of ...
kmle108.radio.com/2012/01/.../small-earthquake-rattles-winsl...
Small earthquake rattles Braxton near quake cluster recorded in ...
A small earthquake was detected Tuesday in Braxton County, in the same general vicinity of a cluster of 10 similar-sized quakes that occurred in 2010. ...
wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201201110170
7.3 QUAKE: JANUARY 11, 2012 EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERED ...
A 7.3 quake shook the province of Aceh and its surrounding areas early Wednesday, prompting people to panic as officials issue the routinely tsunami warnings ...
www.pinoyhalo.com/.../7-3-quake-january-11-2012-earthqua...
Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… And ... - Debunk House
This morning, I arrived at work and found my office in total disarray – So thequake didn't do any damage… Figure 1. Dallas earthquake location and details ...
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